People often ask what their donation actually pays for. The honest answer is rarely glamorous. This month, it looked like a barn stacked floor to rafters with hay — and a very tired family who spent two days loading it.
Ninety-three animals eat a lot. Through winter and early spring, hay is the single largest line on our budget, and it never stops. A good season of feed runs to thousands of dollars, paid in full before the first cold snap arrives.
The maths of a full belly
We keep our books open on purpose. When you give, you deserve to see it land somewhere real — and there’s nothing more real than a animal who goes to sleep warm and fed because a stranger decided to help.
Transparency isn’t a policy for us. It’s just respect for the people who keep our gates open.
— The Kozak family
